[Fast Friendly Guy]

@eminva 76280 wrote:

Happy New Year!

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Eminva,
There is so much I like about your 15+ mile Strava horse! I admire your excellent use of streets to create your drawing, especially the mane, the ear, and the tail. I understand the patience and precision needed for the backtracking required to create the legs and tail. I enjoy the gestural angle of the rear legs and the whimsical hooves on the front legs, all delivered with playful yet credible lines. This is larger and more complex than your first creation (the pig) plus this horse has the vertical orientation which, in my opinion, is the mark of a superior Strava drawing. I can’t wait to see what’s next!

[Fast Friendly Guy]

@ShawnoftheDread 76129 wrote:

Yes.

Woo hoo! I’m there! Thanks, Shawn!
BTW I’m inviting you and your fam to move into our basement so you can get the Arlington County CABI discount

[Fast Friendly Guy]

@consularrider 76089 wrote:

I finally got around to getting my membership. Good for lunch time rides up to Courthouse (puff, puff, puff).

As an economist, I’ve often wondered….

OPEN QUESTION TO THE FORUM ABOUT CABI PRICING
A 90 minute ride costs $14, but a 30 minute ride is FREE. Can you daisy-chain several, say 25 minute, rides in the same trip for free?

[Fast Friendly Guy]

@consularrider 76105 wrote:

Let’s see, it’s supposed to be about 20°F at 7 am tomorrow. Must.ride.road.bike.

Have fun, everyone! Twenty-nine Sophomores and Juniors are a poor match for the wizened good humor of hardened winter bike riders! Slosh one down for the Gipper!

[Fast Friendly Guy]

@DismalScientist 76094 wrote:

It took me down at approximately 0 mph at noon today. It was terribly embarrassing.

Yikes, Mark, hope you and the new bike are okay. Lucky you weren’t going faster!

[Fast Friendly Guy]

@sethpo 76109 wrote:

Boeing sees your Strava art and raises you a 747 flight plan….

Via: http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2014/1/30/5362510/boeing-seahawks-flight-photos

Man, I wish I could sit in a nice cozy cockpit and draw, instead of freezing, dodging cars, waiting at lights, and wondering about some of the neighborhoods I’ve seen! :p

[Fast Friendly Guy]

@DismalScientist 76008 wrote:

Tell me about it…:rolleyes:
http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?5285-Mow-my-lawn-for-Strava-glory

Dismal, you are the Joan Miro of Strava Artists
http://app.strava.com/segments/4549900

[Fast Friendly Guy]

@americancyclo 75955 wrote:

my technique is ridewithgps and my garmin 800. even that fails me on a pretty regular basis

Shawn,
Same here, ridewithgps and my garmin 810. Lots of planning to pick a route that minimizes backtracking (not always what you’d think if you were drawing by hand)

I also employ back-up recordings on my Garmin Oregon 650, edge 200 and sometimes iPhone. As a purist, at heart, I limit my drawings to follow streets, but take advantage of parks, parking lots, fields (open spaces) to draw between streets (you did this on your propeller and I’m doing it on my elephant, taking advantage of artistic opportunities on the national mall between Wash Mon and Smithsonian). Also, I discovered small doesn’t work because GPS resolution is insufficient for any art contained in an area less than one-half mile in diameter–see my Raffa Festive 500 Patch at the very tip of Hanes Pt.
[h=2][IMG]http://bikearlingtonforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4376&d=1388460616&thumb=1[/IMG][/h]

Festive 500 patch variation–This is what it was supposed to look like!

[IMG]http://bikearlingtonforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4377&d=1388447865&thumb=1[/IMG]
This is what actually got recorded!

http://www.strava.com/activities/102866148

[Fast Friendly Guy]

@cyclingfool 75964 wrote:

This was my morning commute, and it was beautiful!

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That’s right where the bald eagle was (200 feet further in this direction, 100 feet into the field on the left!

[Fast Friendly Guy]

@americancyclo 75712 wrote:

We all live in a yellow…
http://www.strava.com/activities/109395195
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Shawn, Very creative! I like the way you used Folger Park to create your propeller diagonals. I do the same thing with parks, circles, and open areas (like the mall) We must compare notes and share techniques!

[Fast Friendly Guy]

Hope to see you there! I’m aiming for 7:00, but it might be a little after that. Coming from EFC, I plan to continue around the Loop to Custis and back home before work.

Dave

[Fast Friendly Guy]

@NickBull 74202 wrote:

I was also going to post about the problem near N Scott St. Just to clarify what the problem is: Heading east-bound toward Rosslyn, just about where the sound barrier next to Lee Hwy ends, the bike path merges onto sidewalk before eventually crossing Scott St., which is the first road crossing on the downhill run to Rosslyn. The merge from the east-bound lane of the bike path to the sidewalk is fine. The problem occurs when an east-bound cyclist has to go in the west-bound lane to pass pedestrians. The merge from the bike path to the sidewalk creates a diagonal edge that can easily catch a tire and cause a cyclist to go down (as it sounds like happened with Fast Friendly Guy). This hazard has been repaired before, but as I went through that section this morning I noticed that the blacktop has worn down / disintegrated in that spot so that the hazard has returned.

Nick

Yep! That’s exactly it….and I’m not the only one who’s fallen here.

[Fast Friendly Guy]

I know you’re out there!

Eminva did a masterful Pig/dog– http://www.strava.com/activities/107823107
Dasgeh did an amazing sideways hobbyhorse– http://www.strava.com/activities/106163900
Peter K did an ostrich (sorta) thing– http://www.strava.com/activities/108903374

Come join me! You don’t need to be a bicycle Michelangelo; you just need a GPS, a Strava account, and an imagination!
Post your Strava Art in this thread

Dave P

[Fast Friendly Guy]

I’ve been riding mostly on side streets and main roads, because it’s a smoother, quicker ride than icy trails, but have you noticed the SALT? I don’t mind when the salt stays on the road; I don’t like the way it coats my bike, but I really don’t like the way cars grind it to a fine gray dust and then send it airborne! It hangs in the air like thick fog in the wake of moving cars! I can taste it when I breathe through my mouth!

It can’t be good to breathe that stuff! Anyone else notice or have a problem with this?

[Fast Friendly Guy]

City Writing—Happy New Year!

January 4, 2014
http://www.strava.com/activities/103951103
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